The research and development agreement is primarily focused on creating immersive content experiences that cover the full media workflow from content creation to wireless transport and application playback.

“Dr. Kumar Ramaswamy and Mr. Jeff Cooper are prolific innovators in the content space and have extensive experience in research, engineering and executive leadership during their tenure at Technicolor. They are now successful entrepreneurs at igolgi with marquee content customers,” said Serhad Doken, Vice President, Partner Development at InterDigital and head of Innovation Partners. “We are delighted to add them to our ecosystem of partners and collaborate with igolgi to solve critical problems of next generation content systems.”

“Content consumption paradigms are getting redefined by the Internet and increasing bandwidth and capabilities on mobile devices. Working with the InterDigital ecosystem of Innovation Partners, we plan to create a new generation of interactive and engaging content consumption experiences,” said Dr. Ramaswamy, President at igolgi Inc.

Innovation Partners is InterDigital’s technology sourcing initiative based on partnerships with leading technology firms, innovators and research organizations worldwide. Innovation Partners recognizes the importance of partnerships to capitalize on opportunities to expand the company’s research and development efforts in response to the evolution of the mobile technology industry.

InterDigital develops technologies that are at the core of mobile devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry’s most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world’s leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.